18:9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah’s reign (it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel’s King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched 1 up against Samaria 2 and besieged it.
19:32 So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:
“He will not enter this city,
nor will he shoot an arrow here. 3
He will not attack it with his shield-carrying warriors, 4
nor will he build siege works against it.
1 tn Heb “went” (also in v. 13).
2 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
3 tn Heb “there.”
4 tn Heb “[with] a shield.” By metonymy the “shield” stands for the soldier who carries it.